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  1. Jan 2024
    1. Top Sellers Popular Upcoming Specials

      On the same Operable principle, the categories "Top Sellers", "Popular Upcoming", and "Specials" are all inaccessible without a cursor as they can not be selected by using the tab key. To access these pages, users must go back up the web page and select the desired category.

    2. Featured & Recommended

      One positive of Steam's webpage showcasing the Operable principle is that all slideshows and carousels are accessible without the use of a mouse or cursor. One can simple use tab to go forward the slideshow or shift+tab to go backwards to see each individual item or category and pressing enter will move you to the desired page.

    3. Browse Categories Top Sellers New Releases Upcoming Specials VR Titles Controller-Friendly Great on Deck Hardware Steam Deck Steam Deck Dock VR Hardware Browse by genre Free to Play Early Access Action Adventure Casual Indie Massively Multiplayer Racing RPG Simulation Sports Strategy

      Regarding the Perceivable principle, there are very little colour contrast in numerous areas of the webpage. Particularity in this area, a dark background with light grey headings and grey text does not provide enough contrast for those who have visual disabilities making it hard to read or not visible at all. Using colours that would contrast to the dark blue like white would allow users to be read the text much easier.

    4. View all More Games streaming now

      The Robust principle states that web content should be accessible to a wide variety of web pages, assistant tools, and screen readers. A problematic area is the space between the new and trending and games streaming now. On first glance this area might seem perfectly normal but when navigating this area using tab, you go through an invisible selection of all the different game genres. This error in navigation can cause unpleasant experiences when using tools such as text-to-speech or generating transcripts.

    5. STORE COMMUNITY About SUPPORT

      A negative of Steam's webpage revolves around the Operable principle. Although "STORE", "COMMUNITY", "ABOUT", and "SUPPORT" all can be accessed without a mouse using the tab key, both "STORE" and "COMMUNITY" actually contain dropdown menus which are inaccessible even when pressing the enter key. The enter key will simply direct the user to the first available dropdown option making the rest of the options inaccessible to those without a cursor.